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Title: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: Bast175 on March 29, 2006, 11:47:06 PM
(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/reeves/sr115.jpg)
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: brianX on March 30, 2006, 02:41:30 AM
brutal ribs
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Post by: rocket on March 30, 2006, 03:28:20 AM
I find that incredibly disgusting.. that waist is horrible.
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Post by: bigdumbbell on March 30, 2006, 03:44:43 AM
that looks fucked up and the eyebrows are wrong
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Post by: Tombo on March 30, 2006, 04:20:26 AM
its just weird.. other than that the guy lookd awesome
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Post by: fathead on March 30, 2006, 05:05:39 AM
Now why does everybody think this guy has perfect aesthetics?  ???
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Post by: BroadStreetBruiser on March 30, 2006, 05:30:21 AM
Thank Allah for steroids
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Post by: bmacsys on March 30, 2006, 05:40:49 AM
Come on guys, look at the width of his shoulders vs his miniscule waist. He is ripped. Hasn't got an ounce of fat on him. That was in the 1940's for Christ sake. Which one of you guys currently has a build like that?
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Post by: bigdumbbell on March 30, 2006, 05:59:12 AM
who touched up that picture
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Post by: gibberj2 on March 30, 2006, 06:32:54 AM
If you do a vacuum and twist your waist it can look like that... at least Reeves' could.
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Post by: rocket on March 30, 2006, 06:36:56 AM
Come on guys, look at the width of his shoulders vs his miniscule waist. He is ripped. Hasn't got an ounce of fat on him. That was in the 1940's for Christ sake. Which one of you guys currently has a build like that?

I think what we're trying to say is more than anything the picture is what we dislike.
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: bigdumbbell on March 30, 2006, 07:02:34 AM
I think what we're trying to say is more than anything the picture is what we dislike.
the pose isnt very masculine.  that 'type' pose in the history of western art is normally for women. 
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: bmacsys on March 30, 2006, 10:12:01 AM
I think what we're trying to say is more than anything the picture is what we dislike.

It didn't come off that way.
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: bmacsys on March 30, 2006, 10:13:06 AM
the pose isnt very masculine.  that 'type' pose in the history of western art is normally for women. 

The pic looks downright fruity but it doesn't change the physique he brought to tha table.
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: alexxx on March 30, 2006, 10:22:41 AM
(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/reeves/sr115.jpg)

I saw this thumbnail before but didn't click it cause I though it was a fruity pose. But now that I see the big picture.. like WOW he looks awesome.
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Post by: KTMckay on March 30, 2006, 11:55:19 AM
I don't understand whats so good about him.... V-taper wow! Impressive but not all hes hyped up to be.
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Post by: body88 on March 30, 2006, 11:58:48 AM
I don't understand whats so good about him.... V-taper wow! Impressive but not all hes hyped up to be.

Ever hear of a bad picture?

18 inch arms 18 inch neck 50 inch chest 28 inch waist and 18 inch calves was pretty sick in frekin 1950
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: Kwon on March 30, 2006, 12:00:09 PM
This was the shit back in the day, but nowadays, a pose like that (with the feet/toes) would be considered a bit feminine.

Things change with time.

Back then, that was the epitome of greatness!
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: brianX on March 30, 2006, 12:11:55 PM
No, I'm pretty sure that would've been considered fruity in the late 40's.
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Post by: bigdumbbell on March 30, 2006, 12:16:34 PM
No, I'm pretty sure that would've been considered fruity in the late 40's.

timeless fruity
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Post by: KTMckay on March 30, 2006, 12:17:21 PM
Ever hear of a bad picture?

18 inch arms 18 inch neck 50 inch chest 28 inch waist and 18 inch calves was pretty sick in frekin 1950
18 inch thighs.... :o
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: JOHN MATRIX on March 30, 2006, 12:17:55 PM
ive always beena  fan of reeves but that pic has always puzzled me. it just doesnt look right. theres no way a man's waist could be that small, he looks like an auschwitz victim. skinny all over.
either he purposely starved himself and got bone thin for that pic or its not real, or someone else. that is not the normal steve reeves.
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Post by: bigdumbbell on March 30, 2006, 12:21:43 PM
what pose came next, the recline and the legs spread?
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Post by: Bast175 on March 30, 2006, 12:23:02 PM
(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/reeves/sr116.jpg)
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: bigdumbbell on March 30, 2006, 12:32:23 PM
Antonio Canova, Pauline Borghese(napoleon's sister) as Venus, 1808. Marble, life size. Galleria Borghese, Rome ....who caused a scandal when she agreed to pose in the nude .....
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: Bast175 on March 30, 2006, 12:41:59 PM
baby dick

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Post by: hifrommike on March 30, 2006, 12:44:09 PM
http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/stevereeves2.html

http://clay_b861.tripod.com/ReevesSteve/GallerySReeves.html

http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/reeves.html
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: alexxx on March 30, 2006, 12:47:24 PM
Why does he look smaller during his hercules years?
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Post by: Kwon on March 30, 2006, 12:53:21 PM
Maybe the movie-productioncompany didn't want Hercules to be as big as Reeves in his competitionform?

To reach out to a bigger audience maybe.

For Herc, maybe the wanted him big, but not THAT big. No idea though.
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: alexxx on March 30, 2006, 12:56:06 PM
Maybe the movie-productioncompany didn't want Hercules to be as big as Reeves in his competitionform?

To reach out to a bigger audience maybe.

For Herc, maybe the wanted him big, but not THAT big. No idea though.


No. He got offered leading parts which he refused because he wanted to keep his size.
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Post by: bigdumbbell on March 30, 2006, 12:57:09 PM
Why does he look smaller during his hercules years?

joseph e levine told him what to do
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Post by: alexxx on March 30, 2006, 12:59:00 PM
joseph e levine told him what to do

Who's that?
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Post by: bigdumbbell on March 30, 2006, 01:01:16 PM
Who's that?

Who?    :o
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Post by: Kwon on March 30, 2006, 01:08:17 PM
Joseph E Levine

Self-proclaimed movie mogul who entered the film business as an exhibitor, specializing in importing foreign films. Alongside classics such as "Rome, Open City" (1945) and "The Bicycle Thief" (1948), Levine imported cheaply made entertainments such as "Godzilla" (1956) and "Hercules" (1959), a major commercial success which thrust him into the Hollywood big time.

He then moved into production and had a significant hand in some major films of the 1960s including "8 1/2" (1963) and "The Graduate" (1967)....
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: The True Adonis on March 30, 2006, 01:13:25 PM
Who?    :o
Alex P. Keaton`s brother in law.
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Post by: NarcissisticDeity on March 30, 2006, 01:43:28 PM
Why does he look smaller during his hercules years?

Because they wanted him to drop weight for the films , when he competed he was 215lbs , when he made the films he was I believe just under 200lbs .
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: Kwon on March 30, 2006, 01:51:02 PM
Because they wanted him to drop weight for the films , when he competed he was 215lbs , when he made the films he was I believe just under 200lbs .

As i assumed then.
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: stuntmovie on March 30, 2006, 02:12:51 PM
Interesting to note that Levine had nothing to do with the original Steve Reeve Hercules picture but he "bought the rights" (?) and introduced it to the American public.

I do recall seeing Reeves at his competitive best in a movie called "ATHENA", an MGM production. I had him autograph a copy I had of that movie when I had the opportunity to show him and his fiance around Hawaii one weekend a while back.

I also ran into Reeves when he was still a kid when we all spent the summer months at Rio Nido on the Russian River about 70 miles north of the SF Bay Area and I do recall a newspaper article that was written about him in which they interview his mom who claimed among other things that her son never had a cold nor a cavity.

Steve was one hell of an impressive kid back then and got a lot of attention even though he appeared to want to avoid it at any cost.

I have a good friend in LV who used to train with Steve in those old days and he has a scrapbook of old Reeves photos that have never been published before including a load of casual shots taken inside and outside of Yarick's Gym in Oakland, California. Next time I see him I'll ask him if he would care to post them on this Board.

I doubt that he ever posed for Colt.

Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: LuciusFox on March 30, 2006, 02:16:23 PM
Interesting to note that Levine had nothing to do with the original Steve Reeve Hercules picture but he "bought the rights" (?) and introduced it to the American public.

I do recall seeing Reeves at his competitive best in a movie called "ATHENA", an MGM production. I had him autograph a copy I had of that movie when I had the opportunity to show him and his fiance around Hawaii one weekend a while back.

I also ran into Reeves when he was still a kid when we all spent the summer months at Rio Nido on the Russian River about 70 miles north of the SF Bay Area and I do recall a newspaper article that was written about him in which they interview his mom who claimed among other things that her son never had a cold nor a cavity.

Steve was one hell of an impressive kid back then and got a lot of attention even though he appeared to want to avoid it at any cost.

I have a good friend in LV who used to train with Steve in those old days and he has a scrapbook of old Reeves photos that have never been published before including a load of casual shots taken inside and outside of Yarick's Gym in Oakland, California. Next time I see him I'll ask him if he would care to post them on this Board.

I doubt that he ever posed for Colt.



 How old are you? ;D
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: bigdumbbell on March 30, 2006, 02:17:57 PM
Interesting to note that Levine had nothing to do with the original Steve Reeve Hercules picture but he "bought the rights" (?) and introduced it to the American public.

I do recall seeing Reeves at his competitive best in a movie called "ATHENA", an MGM production. I had him autograph a copy I had of that movie when I had the opportunity to show him and his fiance around Hawaii one weekend a while back.

I also ran into Reeves when he was still a kid when we all spent the summer months at Rio Nido on the Russian River about 70 miles north of the SF Bay Area and I do recall a newspaper article that was written about him in which they interview his mom who claimed among other things that her son never had a cold nor a cavity.

Steve was one hell of an impressive kid back then and got a lot of attention even though he appeared to want to avoid it at any cost.

I have a good friend in LV who used to train with Steve in those old days and he has a scrapbook of old Reeves photos that have never been published before including a load of casual shots taken inside and outside of Yarick's Gym in Oakland, California. Next time I see him I'll ask him if he would care to post them on this Board.

I doubt that he ever posed for Colt.


his mother's memory?  LOL
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: HowieW on March 30, 2006, 03:38:14 PM
What cracks me up is how some here crack on one of the most perfect physiques in the history of bodybuilding. I guess this smae crowd would think any great in the history of anything is no big deal because it has already been done, etc.
By this logic, why not erase a guys name from a sports hall of fame if his record gets broken.
Howard
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: LuciusFox on March 30, 2006, 03:40:18 PM
What cracks me up is how some here crack on one of the most perfect physiques in the history of bodybuilding. I guess this smae crowd would think any great in the history of anything is no big deal because it has already been done, etc.
By this logic, why not erase a guys name from a sports hall of fame if his record gets broken.
Howard

 The arrogance of humanity ensures that presentism joins ethnocentrism as one of mankind's chief biases.
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: timfogarty on March 30, 2006, 04:03:43 PM
The Paul Stone / Raymor pics of Reeves are from 1947.    Reeves' movie career is the late 1950s to early 1960s.  Jim French (Colt) began his career in the late 1970s.
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: bmacsys on March 30, 2006, 05:24:27 PM
(http://www.schwarzenegger.it/mro/reeves/sr116.jpg)

I don't dig the ancient greek/roman poses but Steve Reeves looked about as close to the greek/roman idea of perfection as a man possibly could.
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: bigdumbbell on March 30, 2006, 05:27:10 PM
I don't dig the ancient greek/roman poses but Steve Reeves looked about as close to the greek/roman idea of perfection as a man possibly could.
but men dont pose like that only girlie men do
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Post by: rocket on March 31, 2006, 01:40:15 AM
What cracks me up is how some here crack on one of the most perfect physiques in the history of bodybuilding. I guess this smae crowd would think any great in the history of anything is no big deal because it has already been done, etc.
By this logic, why not erase a guys name from a sports hall of fame if his record gets broken.
Howard

I can't speak for anybody else but I just found that particular pose to be horrible.

Doesn't matter whether he's big, he looked somalian in the middle and thats never attractive. 
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Post by: ToxicAvenger on March 31, 2006, 02:39:43 AM
Thank Allah for steroids

makes sense...

i blame all the beheadings on roid rage  >:(
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: bigdumbbell on March 31, 2006, 08:39:13 AM
that's got to be the queerest thing i've seen in a while
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Post by: dantelis on March 31, 2006, 10:23:11 AM
Lots of old time bodybuilders posed in these classical poses, from

Sandow
(http://www.sandowmuseum.com/sandowonpedestal.jpg)

to Atlas
(http://www.sandowmuseum.com/atlas3.jpg)

to Scott
(http://www.classicbodybuilders.com/bodybuilder/larryscott/larryscott15.jpg)

to Arnold
(http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/original/arnold%20above%20the%20waist.jpg)
(Edited for your protection!)

Check www.classicbodybuilders.com (http://www.classicbodybuilders.com) and you'll see that many bodybuilders posed for these types pictures.  I'm sure it helped pay the bills for these competitors who got little award money for winning contests back then (and prior to big money endorsement deals).  It's got to be better than the gay-for-pay stuff that some bodybuilders do today.
Title: Re: Did Steeve Reeves pose for COLT?
Post by: bigdumbbell on March 31, 2006, 11:35:21 AM
Lots of old time bodybuilders posed in these classical poses, from

Sandow
(http://www.sandowmuseum.com/sandowonpedestal.jpg)

to Atlas
(http://www.sandowmuseum.com/atlas3.jpg)

to Scott
(http://www.classicbodybuilders.com/bodybuilder/larryscott/larryscott15.jpg)

to Arnold
(http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/original/arnold%20above%20the%20waist.jpg)
(Edited for your protection!)

Check www.classicbodybuilders.com (http://www.classicbodybuilders.com) and you'll see that many bodybuilders posed for these types pictures.  I'm sure it helped pay the bills for these competitors who got little award money for winning contests back then (and prior to big money endorsement deals).  It's got to be better than the gay-for-pay stuff that some bodybuilders do today.
i'm not into perverted art but thanks